Activists and community members from Aurora and Denver gathered outside Geo Group-ICE detention facility Monday to demand the release of Jeanette Vizguerra, a prominent immigrant rights activist who was detained earlier this year. Vizguerra’s arrest has sparked outrage and a series of standing protests outside the Aurora detention center from her supporters.
In May, Vizguerra’s attorneys filed a motion in the federal district court of Colorado asking for her release on bond. Vizguerra was named as one of the 2025 recipients of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards for her activism. Her family travelled to Washington, D.C. to accept the award on her behalf.
Vizguerra spoke via a phone call from inside the facility to the crowd; her daughter translated…